Saturday, March 20, 2010

What Makes a Superior Trading Method? Continued

Forex Trading Techniques: More Keys to a good method

Forex trading is scattered with strategies, systems and automated programs - the challenge is to find the right one for you. In our contemporary series, we covered many of the keys to idenitfying a good trading strategy. Today, we wish to expand on this list. 

Firstly, a good marketing strategy will duck uses too many technical indicators, or to avoid use of vague technical indicators. It is important here is simplicity. See more on Forex Trading Income Engine and lunch. Any method that weighs a currency exchange trader down with too many indicators that are much more likely to puzzle the currency exchange trader, or create conflicts of trade potential. 

So one key to a good method is the use of a range of indicators which together can identify a robust trading opportunity. We found it rarely takes more than 3 or 4 indicators are working together to achieve this. If a Forex method is to use more than this, forex traders should be cautious. 

Well, any system can not be 100% mechanical. See Forex Income Engine Review. By mechanical we mean no room for market interpretation. A good trading method will allow foreign currency traders the opportunity to see the bigger picture - for example, is a currency pair in a long downtrend? If so now is the right time to buy an uptrend? A mechanical system can 'signal' buy - but a foreign exchange trader who is not applicable to enlarge or a direct interpretation of what is happening in the market, can blindly follow these signals and be in danger of serious injury. 

A good strategy to use simple indicators to spot a Trending currency pairs and use them in such a way as to give a higher chance profit potential and lower risk. 

Finally, a good forex strategy provide objective rules to help build trade currency exchange trader discipline. On discipline, we refer to acts of trading - buying, selling, setting stops, etc. If too many calls are left to provide the professionals they are very likely to be indecisive, afraid or unable to tug on the trigger of their trading activities. Therefore it is essential rules in a trading technique to be simple and easy to follow, but should reflect a degree of interpretation about entering a trade.

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